Kris Wolf - Japanese Female Wrestling

This young lady is a bit different for this blog.
Although she is Joshi through and through...she was born in the US.
Kristina Hernandez was born on August 12, 1984 in Chicago, Illinois.
She is a photographer, voiceover talent and pro wrestler in Japan.
Kris started out as a freelance photographer in San Francisco, California.
After living a year and a half in Japan, she saw a Stardom match on YouTube and was hooked.
She was trained by Fuka Kakimoto, and in 2014, she debuted as Kris Wolf.
This makes her the first foreigner to start out with a Japanese wrestling promotion and enter women's professional wrestling in Japan.

Asuka aka Kana in WWE NXT

The old rule of thumb here on this blog used to be "When in doubt...post Kana."
But now Kana is Asuka in the WWE and is the NXT Women's Champion.
And true to form she is still pretty much Kana.
So much so that Dave Meltzer (the Wrestling Observer Newsletter) said that she "may be the best worker in WWE, man or woman".
Yep...that's Kana.

Maya Yukihi - Japanese Women Wrestlers

Japanese female wrestler Maya Yukihi was born on January 9th, ???? in Chiba, Japan.
I have no idea what year.
She is five foot three and weighs 121 pounds.
Maya was trained in the Ice Ribbon Promotion by Maki Narumiya and 235(Fumiko Sato) and made her pro wrestling debut on November 24th, 2014.

Aika Ando - Japanese Female Wrestlers

Aika Ando is not only a Japanese female wrestler, but also a Japanese Idol as well.
Besides wrestling, she has appeared in 22 TV series and 2 movies.
She stands five foot three, weighs 106 pounds and works for the professional wrestling organization Ice Ribbon, where she has been wrestling on and off for eight years.

Command Bolshoi - Japanese Female Wrestling

Command Bolshoi is almost a legend in Japanese female wrestling.
And with good reason.
She has held six titles in Ice Ribbon, JWP Joshi Puroresu and Reina Joshi Puroresu.
She has won tons of wrestling awards.
Since her debut in JWP back in 1991, she has managed to keep her real name, birthday and birthplace secret.
And she is currently the president of JWP Joshi Puroresu promotion.
Oh yean...earlier I did say her debut in 1991.

Yes...Command Bolshoi has been wrestling for 24 years.
And actually she looks better than ever now.
It seems she has gotten into Bodybuilding and it shows...

Jaguar Yokota vs Devil Masami - Japanese Female Wrestling

Here is an old picture of legendary Japanese female wrestlers Jaguar Yokota and Devil Masami mixing it up in a match in Japan.

Mio Shirai - The Most Popular in Japanese Female Wrestling in 2015

This one kind of caught me by surprise.
The most popular Japanese female wrestler on this blog in 2015 was Mio Shirai.
I dont know if it was because of her closeness with everyone's favorite Kana, or with Kana going to the WWE, Mio just moved up.
Either way, Mio was on top here in 2015.

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Kairi Hojo - Japanese Female Wrestlers

Japanese female wrestler "Pirate Princess" Kairi Hojo was born on September 23rd, 1988 in Hikari-shi, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
She is five foot one and weighs in at 115 pounds.
Kairi made her pro wrestling debut on January 7th, 2012 at Shinkiba 1stRING in a match against Yuzuki Aikawa.
She not only trained in Japan, but also visited Mexico and trained with luchador Dos Caras.
Kairi has teamed with Natsumi Showzuki, Kaori Yoneyama, Hatsuhindoe Kamen, Nanae Takahashi, Chelsea and Koguma.

Kana is now Kanna in the WWE

Well on August 22, 2015, Kanako Urai (better known to us as Kana) showed up on TV in the crowd at WWE's NXT TakeOver: Brooklyn event in Brooklyn, New York.
She was with Sgt. Slaughter and Ric Flair and was identified onscreen as "Kanna".
Five days later on August 27, the WWE indeed confirmed that she had signed with them a few weeks earlier.

So is she a Diva or a trainer?
Trainer would be awesome for the Divas and I bet that Kanna could still work matches for other promotions.
I just don't see Kanna as a WWE Diva, considering she could take out 90% of the roster by herself.

Syuri - Japanese Women Wrestling

Syuri Kondo was born on February 8th, 1989 in Ebina, Kanagawa.
She is five foot four, 128 pounds and made her pro wrestling debut on October 26, 2008.
Syuri was trained by Akira Nogami, Akira Shoji, Hajime Ohara, Yoshihiro Tajiri (yes, ECW's and WWE's Tajiri).
She has wrestled for many promotions including Hustle, Pro Wrestling Wave, Reina Joshi Puroresu, Smash, Wrestling New Classic
Besides wrestling, Syuri also competes in Shoot boxing and kickboxing where she has a 12-1-0 record.
Personally, I think she is one of the best female wrestlers to set foot in a ring, in Japan, Mexico or the US.

Arisa Nakajima and Syuri - Japanese Women Wrestling

Here's a shot of Japanese female wrestlers Arisa Nakajima and Syuri mixing it up.
I think this shot is from Kana's KanaProMania: Advance event on February 15th, 2015 where Arisa and Kana lost the Reina World Tag Team Championship to Hikaru Shida and Syuri.

Yumi Ohka - Japanese Women's Wrestling

The beautiful Yumi Ohka was born Yumiko Abe on April 4, 1979 in Koga, Ibaraki.
She was trained by Jaguar Yokota and Toshie Uematsu and made her wrestling debut on August 19th, 2001.

Yumi has worked for JDStar promotion, Oz Academy and Pro Wrestling Wave in Japan and has crossed over the ocean to work for Shimmer Women Athletes a few times.

During her career she has held the Dramatic Dream Team Ironman Heavymetalweight Championship, the JDStar TWF World Tag Team Championship (twice with The Bloody), the Oz Academy Tag Team Championship (with Mayumi Ozaki),  and in Pro Wrestling Wave, the Wave Single Championship and the Wave Tag Team Championship (with Hikaru Shida).

Yumi Ohka vs. Misaki Ohata

Arisa Nakajima and Kana - Japanese Women's Wrestling

On November 20th, 2014, in Tokyo, Japan, Arisa Nakajima and Kana defeated Lin Byron and Syuri in the finals of a four-team tournament to win the vacant Reina World Tag Team Championships.

And before they were partners, Arisa Nakajima vs Kana

Mio Shirai - Japanese Women's Wrestling

Right behind Kana, Mio Shirai is one of the most popular women on this blog.
She was trained by Tomohiko Hashimoto and Toshie Uematsu and has been wrestling for almost eight years.
Of course in the beginning she was teamed with her younger sister Io Shirai as the "Purple Thunder" sisters.
Then for a while they both formed the Triple Tails stable with the popular Kana.
Currently Mio has a four way contract with Japanese wrestling promotions Ice Ribbon, Oz Academy, Pro Wrestling Wave and Union Pro.

Sumire Natsu - Japanese Female Wrestling

This lovely young lady is Japanese female pro wrestler Sumire Natsu.
She was born in Iwakura, Aichi, Japan on August 6th, 1992.

She was trained by Yumi Ohka and she made her wrestling debut on October 30th, 2013.
Natsu works for the Pro Wrestling Wave promotion in Japan.

She is 5'5" and weighs 132 pounds.
In her debut match she took on Kana which I guess is a trial by fire.

Eiger vs Takako Inoue - Japanese Women Wrestling

Eiger vs Takako Inoue - Japanese Women Wrestling

Here is a picture of the always frightening Eiger (or Aiger) applying a clawhold to the always beautiful Takako Inoue.
In case you didn't know, Eiger is actually joshi wrestler Mizuki Endo.

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Kana in the Ring - Japanese Female Wrestlers

You know how I always say on this blog, "When in doubt, post Kana"?
Well sadly I was in doubt and didn't know what to post.
So...Kana of course.
So here are just some random shots of Kana mixing it up in the ring.

The Jumping Bomb Angels in the WWF

The Jumping Bomb Angels (Noriyo Tateno and Itsuki Yamazaki) in the WWF.
These two held the WWF Women's Tag Team Championship at one time.
They actually held it for 136 days.

The Jumping Bomb Angels vs The Glamour Girls (Leilani Kai and Judy Martin)

The Jumping Bomb Angels vs The Glamour Girls

Arisa Nakajima - Female Japanese Wrestlers

I havent done anything on the lovely Arisa Nakajima in a while, so here's an update.
Arisa was born on April 6th, 1989 in Chichibu, Saitama, Japan, the same city that famous Japanese pro wrestler Akira Taue is from.
After training with the Major Girl's Fighting AtoZ promotion for a little over a year, she made her wrestling debut on January 3rd, 2006, against Mika Mizunuma in Korakuen Hall.

She has worked for Major Girl's Fighting AtoZ, JWP Joshi Puroresu (JWP Project) and JDStar and during her career has held more titles and won more awards than you can shake a stick at.
Arisa is five foot three and weighs in at 130 pounds.